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Oct 12 2007 12:00AM
Since the only way we are saved is to believe, then it is reasonable to conclude that the more we
believe, the more we will be saved. In other words, the more we believe, the more we will experience,
or walk in our salvation. Remembering, of course, that salvation is much more than just going to heaven.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God
hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Rom 10:9-10
You must understand that saved is the Greek word “sozo”. It means more than just going to
heaven. It includes deliverance and healing as well.
So then it makes sense that if the only way to gain access to this great salvation, including all the
benefits, is for us to believe, since we can’t earn it, then the more we believe, the more we will enjoy it!
Of course it works the opposite way as well. The more we choose NOT to believe the Word of God, then the
more we will experience the curse presently on the earth. If we choose to stiff arm God, so to speak,
then we will, by default, experience the wrath of God, instead of His blessings!
And he who believes in (has faith in, clings to, relies on) the Son has (now possesses)
eternal life. But whoever disobeys (is unbelieving toward, refuses to trust in, disregards, is
not subject to) the Son will never see (experience) life, but [instead] the wrath of God abides
on him. [God's displeasure remains on him; His indignation hangs over him continually.] John 3.36 AMP
Keep in mind that Jesus and the Word are one and the same. When you choose to believe the Word, you are
choosing to believe Him.
You and I make this decision many times each day in our lives. Salvation is not a one time event in
which we confess we believe God and then coast on into heaven. No! It is a continual choice to believe
the Word of God over the circumstances of life.
In Mark 11:22-24 we are told that we can move mountains if we believe and doubt not. We are further
told, in light of this, that when we pray, we are to believe at the time of prayer that we receive what
we prayed for and we will have it.
This is a blank check from Father God! The only limitation here is to believe. There is nothing omitted!
The reason most people do not pursue the “how to” of moving the mountains as stated here, including
answered prayer, is because they really do not believe this is a possibility for them personally. Something
or someone has become more real to them than the promise of God.
It is easy to make excuses but it takes discipline to master the art of really believing God’s Word to
the point of manifestation.
If we really did believe it, then we would pursue a proper working of it diligently. The Word as our
absolute, our plumb line, the Truth. John 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the
work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
We must work to believe. When the body says pain, work to believe, By His stripes we were healed.
When the account says lack, work to believe He supplies all my needs according to His riches!
Spend your waking hours dissecting, studying, practicing until skilled, believing the Word instead
of various opportunities to doubt. Do this until we are effective in the small things, continuing onto
the bigger and then move the mountains, but don’t stop here, do it some more!
You see to believe is to act. What we tend to do is make excuses. Theological explanations of unbelief
that sound real spiritual. Let us determine to stay the course. We started this race by believing and we
win this race by a continual believing.
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples
indeed; John 8:31
The more I believe, the more victory I achieve!
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We are planning our annual outreach to the streets of Ybor City in Tampa Saturday evening the 27th of
Oct. If you like to do street ministry, please sign up to join us. We will be at the Guavaween festival
which is always full of carnality of every imaginable kind. You and I have a chance to be a light in this
perverse darkness, so please either sign up to go with us or to intercede for us. You can find more
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Love you
Pastor Chuck
Email: Ficcpastor@yahoo.com
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